Rarest Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — All 58 Answers Ranked by Rarity

58 answers are accepted for “Name a prime minister of the United Kingdom”. William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville is the rarest prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 27,929 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich is the second-rarest with 33,572 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.20× the figure for William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. Keir Starmer is the most common prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 4,712,318 monthly Wikipedia views, 168.7× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 58 answers: 32,067,146. William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville is under 0.1% of that total. 12 answers are Epic or Legendary: William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (Legendary), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (Legendary), Henry Addington (Legendary), and 9 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

58 answers to “Name a prime minister of the United Kingdom”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	27,929
2	F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.982	33,572
3	Henry Addington on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.965	34,426
4	Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.947	35,473
5	William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne on Wikipedia	Epic	0.930	39,874
6	Henry Pelham on Wikipedia	Epic	0.912	45,771
7	George Grenville on Wikipedia	Epic	0.895	47,859
8	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham on Wikipedia	Epic	0.877	48,776
9	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington on Wikipedia	Epic	0.860	49,826
10	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle on Wikipedia	Epic	0.842	52,023
11	George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen on Wikipedia	Epic	0.825	53,206
12	William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire on Wikipedia	Epic	0.807	57,205
13	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute on Wikipedia	Rare	0.789	62,305
14	William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland on Wikipedia	Rare	0.772	79,236
15	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby on Wikipedia	Rare	0.754	80,207
16	Henry Campbell-Bannerman on Wikipedia	Rare	0.737	85,070
17	Frederick North, Lord North on Wikipedia	Rare	0.719	86,828
18	George Canning on Wikipedia	Rare	0.702	91,092
19	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery on Wikipedia	Rare	0.684	93,408
20	Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool on Wikipedia	Rare	0.667	101,909
21	John Russell, 1st Earl Russell on Wikipedia	Rare	0.649	114,658
22	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham on Wikipedia	Rare	0.632	137,715
23	Spencer Perceval on Wikipedia	Rare	0.614	141,872
24	Bonar Law on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.596	148,278
25	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.579	173,705
26	Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.561	182,775
27	Arthur Balfour on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.544	195,492
28	Ramsay MacDonald on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.526	239,950
29	Robert Walpole on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.509	273,169
30	Stanley Baldwin on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.491	289,790
31	Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.474	296,568
32	Robert Peel on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.456	316,142
33	William Ewart Gladstone on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.439	319,283
34	Alec Douglas-Home on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.421	334,932
35	H. H. Asquith on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.404	338,417
36	William Pitt the Younger on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.386	341,387
37	David Lloyd George on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.368	433,832
38	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.351	465,012
39	Benjamin Disraeli on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.333	514,632
40	James Callaghan on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.316	523,719
41	Harold Macmillan on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.298	537,093
42	Edward Heath on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.281	548,118
43	Clement Attlee on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.263	558,985
44	Anthony Eden on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.246	717,372
45	Neville Chamberlain on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.228	735,024
46	Theresa May on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.211	764,142
47	John Major on Wikipedia	Common	0.193	838,737
48	Gordon Brown on Wikipedia	Common	0.175	918,159
49	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on Wikipedia	Common	0.158	928,421
50	Harold Wilson on Wikipedia	Common	0.140	969,397
51	David Cameron on Wikipedia	Common	0.123	996,019
52	Liz Truss on Wikipedia	Common	0.105	1,340,509
53	Tony Blair on Wikipedia	Common	0.088	1,523,941
54	Boris Johnson on Wikipedia	Common	0.070	1,578,884
55	Rishi Sunak on Wikipedia	Common	0.053	1,769,094
56	Margaret Thatcher on Wikipedia	Common	0.035	2,316,455
57	Winston Churchill on Wikipedia	Common	0.018	3,327,155
58	Keir Starmer on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	4,712,318

FAQ

What is the rarest prime minister of the United Kingdom?

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville is the rarest prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 27,929 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many prime minister of the United Kingdoms are there?

There are 58 prime minister of the United Kingdoms in this ranking, from William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (rarest) to Keir Starmer (most common).

What is the most common prime minister of the United Kingdom?

Keir Starmer is the most common prime minister of the United Kingdom in this ranking, with 4,712,318 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.